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"I am renting a house where i have noticed about a..."

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I am renting a house where i have noticed about a month ago that there are few rats in the attic. While the landlord claims I brought in the rats (there are no holes in the cabinets and up to the roof and I keep the house clean) so she wont pay for it. Since the rats noise (walking, gnawing on wood) doesnt occur everyday, i am thinking of just finding a way to keep them away rathe than trying to kill them. I have noticed that when human talked, they dont make sound so do you think if i leave a radio on most of the time, they will stay away?

Rick1 said: Rats go through a quarter and mice 3/8 of an inch. So, go around the house and take a look including the doors. Rats chew 28.88 minutes a day on something. Spray Rataway Fragrance from Rataway.com and seal up with steel wool. Then spray foam the steel wool and spray with
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Check your toilet tanks' flush flapper and fill-valve.
next would be the dishwasher if you have one.
if you know where your water meter is, watch the dials.
if they are moving, turn off the main valve, then follow all the lines to their usages. turn off all the stop valves. then go back to the main and turn it on. go up the line, turning the valves back on until you find the one that causes the flow.
follow that line further until you find the appliance, faucet, or other usage and check it. or call a plumber.

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I had a rat in my attics. One day, my uncle visited. He smoked two cigarettes while sitting in the porch, near where the rat made its home. The smoke went in the attics via the soffit. The rat went away for the night, but came back the next day. I can`t have my uncle come and smoke everyday. I may go buy some cigarettes and light them under the soffit.

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I live in an extremly old house and short of having 1000 cats patrolling the perimeter, there isn`t much u can do to stop them from getting in. they are so small they can get in almost any crack or hole. mice typically come in for food or warmth so unless u get rid of your food and turn off the heat, all u can do is use traps...lots and lots of traps.

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This happened to us yesterday....came home to a strong gas smell, saw that the burner was on w/no flame.I shut off the burner, we quickly opened windows in all rooms, both doors, turned on kitchen an bathroom fans. After awhile (30 mins. or so) we felt the house was aired-out. nothing bad happened, but I do wonder what COULD have happened.

Someone said: i feel a responsibility to comment that you are extremely fortunate not to have caused an explosion.
since you seem resistant to have called the fire department and/or the gas supply company first, i think the order should have been :
turn the gas supply off at the meter.
ventilate by opening doors from the outside
wait.
the fans you mention may have caused the gas to ignite from the electrical arcing caused be the motor brushes as they contact the rotor. most household motor applications are not the explosion-proof motors found in industrial applications.
i think you were lucky this time.
you might want to have a serviceperson take a look at your stove.

They tend to shy away from humans, generally because they fear predators. They are more interested in what humans leave behind, in terms of food scraps, crumbs etc. so they are only interested in getting this food which to them is easier than going outside and trying to catch insects or plant food which is not always readily available.

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